n.
Pronunciation: ' ī v-r ē , ' ī -v ə -r ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
Etymology: Middle English ivorie, from Anglo-French ivoire, ivurie, from Latin eboreus of ivory, from ebor-, ebur ivory, from Egyptian b, bw elephant, ivory
Date: 13th century
1 a : the hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of a tusked mammal (as an elephant, walrus, or narwhal) b : a tusk that yields ivory
2 : a variable color averaging a pale yellow
3 slang : TOOTH
4 : something (as a piano key) made of ivory or of a similar substance
– ivory adjective